Plot Diagram
Where the loose ends get tied up.
What is resolution?
Explains how 2 things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
The main character
What is a protagonist?
The message of a story
What is theme?
A character in the story tells the story
What is 1st person?
Where the problem starts to get solved and things start to work out for either the good or bad.
What is falling action?
The text states an issue and proposes possible solutions
Problem and Solution
A character we know a lot about; well-developed character.
What is a dynamic character?
The feeling that is created by a literary work
What is mood?
A scene in a story that interrupts the main series of events to relate to an event in the past
What is a flashback?
The most exciting part of the story
What is climax?
Gives details about a topic using characteristics, examples, or features.
What is descriptive?
A character that doesn't change
What is a static character?
The author's use of clues to tell what might happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
Someone outside of the story tells the story but only knows the thoughts of 1 character
What is 3rd person limited?
Tells the setting and the characters
What is exposition?
Lists items/events in a time sequence.
What is chronological?
Character that we know little about
What is a flat character?
The opposite of what is expected
What is irony?
The character or force that acts against the main character
What is an antagonist?
The part of the story where it starts to get exciting. We learn more about the characters, and there might be conflict.
What is rising action?
Helps the reader visualize where things are. Uses prepositions to show where things are located.
What is spatial?
Character that changes throughout the story
What is a dynamic character?
The writer's attitude toward the topic
What is tone?
When someone outside of the story tells the story and knows the thoughts of all/most of the characters.
What is 3rd person omniscient?